The Anti-Christ: the beginning
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| A depiction of the Anti-Christ |
Introduction
The topic about the Anti-Christ
is one of the most discussed and hotly debated subject in the doctrine
of the last things (eschatology).
Most evangelical Christian believers hold tenaciously to the belief that the anti-Christ is a future person (reckoning from our time – this year is 2014).
Some however believe that the concept of an anti-Christ is past and the only thing left - is for us to know who the anti-Christ is, to be revealed only by somebody appointed (by God) to name him or unravel his person in this last days of the Church age.
I. Complete
Understanding of Eschatology Cannot be attained until unsealed
The Apostle Paul cautioned us that although most of the eschatological
concepts and secrets can be known through the diligent study of the Scriptures,
the finality and unambiguity of it can only be given and understood when the perfect
thing (literally “complete”) arrives. (1 Co 13:9-10)
The clear view and complete understanding of the doctrine of the last things has been kept secret, closed up and sealed for about 2500 years from the time of the Prophet Daniel up to now.
But the Prophet Daniel also tells us that the seal will be taken away at the time of the end. Since we are now at the close of the church age – we are thus in the last days, which means that we are already at the time of the end. “Go thy way Daniel, for the words (clarity of eschatology) are closed up and sealed till the time of the end” says the angel. (See Daniel 12:9).
This is the reason why Christianity until today has been split
to four major groups (Dispensationalism, Pre-millennialism, Post- millennialism
and Amillennialism) and several sub-groups under each group relating to their
understanding of eschatology.
Thus, no matter how many doctors of Philosophy in theology and eschatology the world will have in each of the major group, the fact remains that there is a portion of the eschatology that is sealed and kept secret until the “complete” shall arrive. The Apostle Paul honestly admitted:
1Co 13:9 For we
know only a portion of the truth, and what we prophesy is only partly complete.
1Co 13:10 But
when the complete arrives, our incompletes will be done away.
At this
juncture, I want to say that the Apostle Paul was referring to the coming of
the Biblecode in conjunction with Elijah’s explanation of the mysteries of
which will complete our eschatological understanding. This is to be discussed
thoroughly in another topic.
How to
understand the Events of the Future
“To see the future you must look
backwards,” states the Book of Isaiah.
– THE BIBLE CODE by M. Drosnin page 105.
– THE BIBLE CODE by M. Drosnin page 105.
“The foremost translator of ancient
Hebrew text Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz,
the man Time magazine called “a once-in-a-millennium scholar,”
the man Time magazine called “a once-in-a-millennium scholar,”
pointed that verse out to me….. He opened his
Bible, looking for a
passage from the first of the prophets, Isaiah.
“Here, in Isaiah, it says
that you need to look backwards to see the future,” he said.
“Where Isaiah says, ‘Tell the things
that are to come hereafter,’
(Isaiah 41:23) you can translate the same words to
read,
‘they told the future backwards.’
‘they told the future backwards.’
– BIBLE CODE by Michael Drosnin page 175
According
to YHVH, to understand eschatology or doctrine of the last things, we need to
look back and understand the writings of the ancient times so that what we see
and understand of the end-time scenario has its proper foundation from the ancient
of time. We have to visit the writings of the ancient prophets and understand
them first.
Isaiah 46:10
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that
are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my
pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far
country;
YHVH said that in the last days He will raise up one man to explain
correctly the (eschatological) counsel of God and to highlight this counsel by explaining
correctly the events of the end-times (future) from the beginning (past) – that
is from the ancient times.
This means that this man will be given the correct
understanding and interpretation of creation and eschatology. This man was also
prophesied by the Prophet Enoch to unravel the secrets of creation. (Enoch 93:10).
The raising up of this man will be done at the close of the church age. Shown below is the passage depicting the raising of this righteous man; commentary in gold letter, mine.
The raising up of this man will be done at the close of the church age. Shown below is the passage depicting the raising of this righteous man; commentary in gold letter, mine.
(NOTE to the readers: and this is very important! - the Book of Enoch was written by the Prophet Enoch about 3500 years before Jesus was born, yet his prophecies are unbelievably historically correct and accurate)
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| The Prophet Enoch translation to Heaven |
8 And after that in the sixth week all who live in it shall be blinded, (at the time of Jesus’ first coming, the Jews were spiritually blinded; Isaiah 6:9-12; Mat 13:14-15)
And the hearts of all of them (Jews) shall godlessly forsake wisdom. (Reject Yeshua the Messiah - the Giver of Life)
And in it a man shall ascend; (Jesus ascension to His throne in heaven from Mount Olives in 32 A.D.)
and at its close the house of dominion shall be burnt with fire, (Temple of Herod destroyed and burned led by the Roman Prince Titus in 70 A.D.)
And the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed. (Chosen root - Jewish people’s Dispersion to Europe by Emperor Hadrian in 135 A.D.)
9 And after that in the seventh week (church age from circa 90 A.D. to circa 2000 A.D.)
Shall an apostate generation arise, (Many people will apostatize from the true doctrine)
and many shall be its deeds, (the many deeds of the man of Sin – the Son of Perdition)
and all its deeds shall be apostate. (Great apostasy in the institutional church during the church age)
10 And at its close shall be elected (at the close or termination of church age – this refers to the present time)
The elect righteous (Elijah who is to come) of the eternal plant of righteousness,
To receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation.
II. What
we can learn from the eschatological text of Enoch shown above: No Anti-Christ to appear after the Church age
The Book of Enoch was written by Enoch circa 3500 years
before Jesus. However, many scholars believe that this book was written
100 - 200 years B.C.
The book of Enoch is not included in the canon, yet in the
eschatological exposition of Jude (Jude 1:14), the brother of Jesus – he
pointed out that in the last days, ungodly men of the whole earth will be destroyed
in the manner of how Enoch prophesied it (Enoch 1:2).
Jude believed that the Book of Enoch is divinely inspired.
Enoch prophesied that the Chosen people (Jewish people) will
be spiritually blinded, godlessly forsake wisdom, their temple be burned and the
Jews to be dispersed to the four corners of the world. (Europe and many places).
This was fulfilled beginning 135 A.D. up to now.
Enoch prophesied the ascension of Yeshua to heaven. This was
fulfilled in 32 A.D. after Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
Enoch prophesied the advent of a seventh week (the church
age; a long period from 90 A.D. to the present time) populated by an apostate
generations and spiritually governed by rulers of an apostate church whose
deeds are all of hypocrisy and leading the people to apostasy.
At the end of the seventh week (end of church age), a man of
righteousness (Elijah who is to come – see Malachi 4:5) will be given wisdom
and understanding of the secrets of creation.
Enoch did not mention an anti-Christ
after the end of the church age. Even if we continue reading until the
end of Enoch’s prophecy of weeks, the allusion of the coming of a future
anti-Christ is just not there. There was however, the allusion to the rising of
the messianic believers. (I will explain this in another topic)
Thus, we can see from the passage above that the belief of
the concept of a future anti-Christ is a later addition which had its
occurrence only at our present time and was not even a subject mentioned by the
prophet Enoch in the ancient of time.
III. Ancient Origin of the spirit of Anti-Christ
To
fight the good fight you must know your enemy.
You need to get to know his
character and his ways. To understand the anti- Christ you must know where this
spirit came from and what his intentions and goals are.
We
begin our study of the events that happened circa 5,500 years ago.
Around the
time when the human civilization has just began and there were heavenly beings who
were mandated to watch the affairs of man but fall into sin and were cast down to
earth. They are called the Grigori.
The
spirits of the Gregori – Angelic Watchers – sons of God
Grigori (from Greek egrgoroi)
is the collective name for a group of angels who fell from grace, known also as
watchers described in the first book of Enoch.
The Grigori were originally
dispatched to watch and look after, guide and assist man during the start of human
civilization.
In Hebrew they are known as the Irin, "Watchers,"
found mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Daniel (chapter 4). Dan 4:12-13, Dan
4:23, Dan 4:17
According to the Book of Enoch, the Grigori numbered a total of 200 but only their leaders are named:
"These are the names of their
chiefs: Samyaza, who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, Tamiel, Ramuel,
Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel,
Ertael, Turel, Yomyael, Azazyel (also known as Azazel). These were the prefects
of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were all with them." (1Enoch
7:9)
The
fate of the heavenly grigori (angelic watchers) began a drastic turn as soon as
they noticed that these women whom they were supposed to be guiding were very
attractive and the watching angels begin to lust for them.
At
the prodding of their leader Samyaza, they left their first estate in heaven en
masse to cohabit among the women on earth. In order to have sex with these women they
even assumed physical forms.
"When men began to multiply on
earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw how beautiful and
attractive the daughters of man were, and so they took for their wives as many
of them as they chose. Then the Lord said: "My spirit shall not remain in
man forever, since he is but flesh. His days shall comprise one hundred and
twenty years." At that time the Nephilim (giants) appeared on earth (as
well as later). These giants were the offspring after the sons of God had sex
with the daughters of man. They were the heroes of old, the men of
renown." (Genesis 6:1-4)
The
offspring of this union between sinning angels and mortal women were giants
(nephilim).
The giants in the bible were bigger and much taller than the persons pictured below.
Deut 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a
people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Deut 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the
Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
Deut 3:11 Og king of Bashan was the last remaining Rephaite. His bed, made of iron, was over thirteen feet long and six wide. You can still see it on display in Rabbah of the People of Ammon.
To learn more about giants depicted in the Bible you can start here.
To learn more about giants depicted in the Bible you can start here.
The giants in the bible were bigger and much taller than the persons pictured below.
Samyaza = (Lucifer, Satanail, HaSatan, Satan)
During
those times, the Grigori (sinning angels) began to teach man various arts and crafts
that God had deemed to be forbidden especially the
angel Azazel, who taught the secrets of war weaponry, which brought down the wrath of
God.
These
various crafts included astrology, divination, herb craft, magic, witchcraft and
sorceries.
The wickedness on earth was so rampant and the people are dying and cry to the heavens for help. God then sends the Great Judgment through the flood to wipe out most of the wicked Nephilim, but sends Uriel to warn Noah so as not to eradicate the human race.
The Grigori were bound "in the valleys of the Earth" (Tartarus – deep abyss) until they were released with some pronouncement of restraints in the days of Jesus and to be punished finally on Judgment Day. (See Jude 1:6)
2Peter
2:4 For if God did not spare sinning
angels, but thrust them down into Tartarus, and delivered them
into chains of darkness, being reserved to judgment.
IV. Sins of Samyaza and his cohorts
Who is Samyaza? Samyaza is Satan.
Satan has many names according to what this spirit does,
what he pursues and is constantly doing, and what his status before the fall,
etc.
Satan was called Lucifer (morning star) before his fall. He
has a secretively vile, proud heart with an external appearance of goodness
(crafty and sneaky); do not want be subjected to anybody (arrogant); must be ranked
higher than the rest (nikolaitan spirit); conceited, haughty, and spiteful pride
with an unceasing preoccupation on how to sit enthroned on the assembly of all heavenly
and earthly subjects (angels and possibly man) in the mount of assembly; an uncanny
proclivity to be adored and worship like the Most High.
This is the spirit of
Lucifer. This spirit has been transmitted to many human spiritual rulers on
earth since the beginning of the Church age.
"How you have fallen from
heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the
earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, 'I will
ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will
sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above
the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' But you are
brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit. Those who see
you stare at you, they ponder your fate: 'Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a wilderness, who
overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?'
Satan is called HaSatan (the Satan) literally it means ‘accuser’
or the ‘adversary’ because he accuses (see the book of Job, Zechariah), and
continually opposes or act as adversary in the counsel of God regarding how the
events of the world and of each person’s spiritual journey whether past,
present, and future are to be unfolded.
HaSatan is responsible for perpetuating evil inclinations in man leading to immorality,
creating strongholds and unbelief in God, all sorts of wickedness, ungodliness
and depravity, war between countries and vicious killings between persons, and groups.
He is the leader of the principalities and powers in the heavenly realm deceiving
people away from the true worship of God and waging war against the counsel of
God.
For
we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God
that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand. Ephesians 6:12-13 NKJV
Yet in all of these deception and influencing, Satan acts
in disguise in everything that he do like an angel of light. He goes inside
churches and influences the leaders of the congregations giving them the deceptive
spirits to control them without the rest of the believers being aware of it.
(How Satan does it will be explained in another topic)
Satan was called Samyaza just before, during and after the
rebellion because he led the rebellion against God. The name 'Shemyaza'
means 'infamous rebellion', the combination of 'shem' meaning 'name' or 'fame' + 'azaz' which means 'rebellion' or
'arrogance'.
In the Book of Enoch, Samyaza is portrayed as the leader of a band of angels called the Grigori
or Watchers (later became known as sinning angels) that are consumed with lust for
mortal women and become fallen Angels.
And Semjâzâ, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a
great sin. And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and
all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do
this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual
imprecations upon it. ( Enoch 6:3-5)
Because of the sinning angel’s fornications with mortal
women aggravated by another great sin by which they taught humans various
creative arts —which neither God has sanctioned, He commanded the angel Gabriel to cause the giants to wage some self- destructive factional battles –
sending them with brute and vicious spirits onto themselves to kill each other:
And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the biters and the
reprobates, and against the children of fornication (Giants or Nephilim): and
destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from
amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that
they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. ( Enoch 10:9 )
V. The Binding of Samyaza HaSatan and his
associates in the Abyss or Tartarus for 70 generations
Finally, the judgment of Samyaza (Satan) and His cohorts
is described.
And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjâzâ and his associates who have
united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all
their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have
seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in
the valleys of the earth (Tartarus), till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the
judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be
led off to the abyss of fire:〈and〉to the torment and
the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be
condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to
the end of all generations. (Enoch 10: 11-14)
2Pe 2:4 For if God did not spare
sinning angels, but thrust them down into Tartarus, and delivered them
into chains of darkness, being reserved to judgment.
The angels
were cast down in the abyss (Tartarus). They are to remain there for 70
generations.
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| A depiction of Tartarus |
And
delivered them into chain of darkness – Chains of darkness is a highly figurative expression to
mean that their demonic deceptions and other diabolic activities on mankind is
limited or restrained in accordance to the eternal counsel of YHVH as relating
to His elect people and non-elect people in particular and to the events of the
world in general.
Noteworthy
to mention here is the fate of Azazel whose face was covered by the angel in
addition to the two punishment mentioned above – the meaning of which is that
he will not be able to see the light of truth which could make him repent.
Take note that these spirits in prison were actually not in chain literally so as not to get out of the abyss otherwise Satan and other fallen angels (demons) could not report in the throne of heaven at the time of Job. See also Satan’s presence in the world Zechariah 3:1–2; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Psalm 109:6b
VI. The release of Samyaza (Satan) and his demons from
Tartarus after 70 generations occurred in the days of Jesus of Nazareth.
Now the patriarch Enoch lived in the seventh generation.
Counting 70 generations from the time of Enoch we reach exactly the time
when Jesus was ministering and preaching the gospel of salvation to the Jewish
people in Israel.
Adam
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20
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Aram
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46
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Addi
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Seth
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21
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Admin
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47
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Melki
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Enosh
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22
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Amminadab
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48
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Neri
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Kenan
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23
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Nahshon
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49
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Shealtiel
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Mahalalel
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24
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Salmon
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50
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Zerubbabel
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Jared
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25
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Boaz
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51
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Rhesa
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Enoch
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26
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Obed
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52
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Joanan
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1
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Methuselah
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27
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Jesse
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53
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Joda
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2
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Lamech
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28
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David
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54
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Josech
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3
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Noah
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29
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Nathan
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55
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Semein
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4
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Shem
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30
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Matthatha
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56
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Matthathias
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5
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Arphaxad
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31
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Menna
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57
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Maath
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6
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Kainan
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32
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Melea
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58
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Naggai
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7
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Shelah
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33
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Eliakim
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59
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Esli
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8
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Eber
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34
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Jonam
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60
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Nahum
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9
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Peleg
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35
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Joseph
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61
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Amos
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10
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Reu
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36
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Judah
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62
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Mattathias
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11
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Serug
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37
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Simeon
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63
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Joseph
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12
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Nahur
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38
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Levi
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64
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Jannai
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13
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Terah
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39
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Matthat
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65
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Melki
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14
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Abraham
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40
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Jorim
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66
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Matthat
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15
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Isaac
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41
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Eliezer
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67
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Levi
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16
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Jacob
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42
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Jesus
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68
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Eli
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17
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Judah
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43
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Er
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69
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Joseph
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18
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Perez
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44
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Elmadam
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70
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Jesus
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19
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Hezron
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45
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Kosam
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We should bear in mind that at the time of the ministry of Jesus was also a
time of much demonic activity.
Jesus had many encounters, including the time he
met a demon by the name Legion, which was filled with many demons, and he drove
the spirits from the man, into a group of pigs.
He was confronted with
Satan (Samyaza) at this time when Satan and His cohorts (spirits in prison)
were just newly released from Tartarus.
VII. Beginning of Infiltration of Deception and Doctrines of Demons in the
Church
·
At the
time of Jesus these malevolent spirits were all released into the world albeit
with given restriction delivered by the resurrected Jesus (1 Peter 3:19-20).
They are called ‘spirits in prison’ as a titular designation even though they
were released at this time.
1Pe 3:19 By
which also he (the resurrected Christ) went and preached unto the spirits in
prison;
1Pe 3:20 Which
sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls
were saved by water.
The idea
is, that to those spirits who were then in prison who had formerly lived in the
days of Noah, the message had been in fact delivered. (Albert Barnes’ notes of
the Bible)
Once
released from the abyss the deceptive spirits infilled and inhabited the bodies
of people in the church causing them to have an attitude of Nikolaitans and
Balaamists that while worshipping together with the Messianic believers in the
first century – they establish beliefs that on the surface seems to agree with
the majority of the doctrines of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the
Apostles.
But in reality it misses the mark on most of the teachings of Jesus Christ
and that only few of apostles themselves were able to discern it at the
beginning of this apostasy – an apostasy that will last for about 2000 years as
the prophet Enoch has foretold.
Before the
end of the first century the Nicolaitans decided to secede and went out from
the ekklesia founded by Jesus and which was held under the leadership of the
original Apostles Peter, Paul, James and John.
The Nicolaitans then proceeded
to establish an episcopate church government – hierarchical form of church
leadership and office which the original Apostles did not endorse nor encourage
and which Jesus said he hated. (Rev.
2:7; 2:15)
1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of
us. For if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but they left so that it might be revealed that they
all are not of us.
The group
that seceded from the main group of the ekklesia called their organization another
ekklesia and were now supported by the Church fathers Ignatius (Bishop of
Antioch and avid student of John the Apostle), Clement I and Polycarp.
These
early church fathers were the master expositors or theologians of the Nicolaitan theological
frameworks. Their writings as a whole were the main brain and mind movers that
galvanized the establishment the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
Clement,
the fourth Pope is known for his epistle to the church in Corinth (c. 96), in
which he asserts the apostolic authority of the bishops/presbyters as rulers of
the church.
To be continued…(Part 2 - Who were the Nicolaitans, who founded them and what were their
belief?)
(Part 3 - Why the Anti-Christ is not a future entity or person)
belief?)
(Part 3 - Why the Anti-Christ is not a future entity or person)
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